Phillip Stearns is a Los Angeles based sound and visual artist, composer and recent graduate of the California Institute of the Arts music composition department. His most recent work is centered around the notion of the circuit as a site for composition, perfomance, installation, sculpture and interaction. His installation and sound based works, both as a solo artist and as a collaborator, address electronic technologies and their role in shaping our notions of community, space, isolation and interconnectedness. The tools commonly employed in his practice range from custom designed and handmade electronics, digital and analog feedback, hacked and circuit bent electronics, custom designed software, corrupted commercial programs and compositional processes inspired by the functions of modern computing systems. He has studied with David Rosenboom, Hans W. Koch, Michael Pisaro, Mark Trayle, Sarah Roberts, Tom Leeser, and Andy Kopra. He has performed at the ISIM 2006 and Darmstadt 2006 international music festivals and is currently performing at venues around the Los Angeles area. He has presented and exhibited his work at Soundwalk 2006, Machine Project (LA), Telic (LA), and at Bent Festival 2006 and 2007.